Cucumber Reports (no 6294) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6294	14 Apr 2026, 12:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.364	Passed

19.934

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.903

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.946

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.006

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.803

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.597

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.829

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.691

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.436

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.892

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.483

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.663

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.797

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.333

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.780

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.727

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.300

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 58.130

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.614

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.965

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.856

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.101

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 56.990

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.445

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.043

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.799

And the computer boots Tails 34.235

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.079

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.836

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.186

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.721

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.926

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.366

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.654

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.018

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.716

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.344

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.319

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.235

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 4.088

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.290

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.198

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.609

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.015

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.468

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.334

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.292

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.629

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 10.093

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.436

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.364	Passed

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